January 26, 1942 (4 pages)

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per 2 ada ‘4 bavi . “This paper gives you comp le . coverage of all local happenings. . If you want to read about your . . friends, your neighbors, read eat The Nugget. e 4 j month COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA at 16, No. 8. _ The County Seat Paper ~ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Canta : MONDAY JANUARY 26 1942 acseaie SE . — rinlinedenmencty a. sicker @ ‘Eight Leave Here Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. . Supervisor —y Nevada City can hold its head proudly. It has met the two recent: Red Cross drrves, one on the heels of the otner and the last one a whopper, and filled the quotas without stammerfing. The entire city along with Truckee had to be closely combed, but the people, and that is the important thing, responded .generously. The population of Nevada City is approximately 2,000 and the last quota was $2,000, but of this sum Truckee contributed $300 in round figures. If every community does as well throughout the land, the $50,000,000 national goal will be topped and something ‘to spare. We believe it willl be, for there are plenty of spots on the U. S. map where money is extremely, plentiful. The suecessful conclusion of the War Relief campaign, as the last Red Gross drive was named, is R. J. Bennetts and his well organized committee of earnest and willing workers. There .are other ways: of helping along “our side” in this world wide contest, ways that do not cost anything in the way of cash. There is the book campaign to supply young soldiers with good things to read. Every household, or almost every one has a book@or two lying about that everyone in the family has read. (Mrs, Iva Williamson, city librarian, is conducting a campaign to gather up all those tired, idle books and put them in the hands of soldiers and_ sailors. Those households that accumulate magazines may allso contribute the more recent issues to this same cause “Keep ’em reading,’ says Mrs. Williamson, and it’s a good slogan. Those who want to help this war along to victory, can take their books to the vacant store ‘building corner of Pine and Commercial ‘and ‘give those moribund volumnes a new lease of life. The place is open between 1:30 and 4:30 p. ™m. Another way of helping. for the women folks, and men if they can knit is to ask Mrs. McCraney for some yarn. In Scotland many an elderly man can knit, and we recall that a famous English admiral was good at knitting, So we include men in this invitation. These knitted sweaters for which the Red Cross provides the yarn, go to the underclothed and suffering peoples wherever the most need is the world over. Each one helps to build for the United States its reputation of Samaritanism. There is many a lad in the armed services who doesn’t get a letter in a ‘blue moon from anyone. They are the lonesome ones. It is very easy to get the names of any of these boys in the training camps who are hungry for a letter from their home towns or rural. districts. There’s a great movement afoot to “adopt” a soldier or sailor and write him regularly, send him a birthday present and make him feel that he’s got folks that take a real interest in him. A surprise package of cookies, or a pot of jam, can hearten a boy in ‘camp no end. It is needless to suggest, of course that all motorists, give a man in the uniform of his country’s armed forces, a lift whenever one is seen afoot on the highway. It goes without saying that is now the universal custom, While it does seem improbable that there will be any actual pomibing of Nevada County communities on the part of the enemy, it wont do.to. close our minds to the ‘possibility. There has been too much of it-cdn't-happen-here think-~ ing. We would think off hand that the Japanese, who are most likely to bomb this coast, would want to invest their bombs where the profits of destruction are highest, but one cannot account for the vagaries of the yellow temperament. They might wish to do business at strategic points inland, as far inland as here. So let us get as ready as is humanly possible. for that eventuality. That means that all us, each one of.us, should belong to one of the home defense world-wide Asks Funds For Road PROJECT TONIGHT TO BE CONSIDERED BY CHAMBER HERE Supervisor Jay Coughlan appeared before the highway committee of the Sacramento Valley Council State Chamber of Commerce in Sacramento Friday and asked that group for its support. in obtaining funds to work on the Spanish Mine Washington Junction road to allow the trucking the year round of barite, essential war mineral, from the Spanish . Mine. The request of Coughlan was tabled, according ‘to reports, and the supervisor was asked to make his request first to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce which in turn would present it to. the Sacramenio Valley Council. It is probable Coughlan will appear before the local chamber tonight and there is no .-doubt’ the chamber here will approve the project. Barite ore had been trucked all summer from the Spanish Mine but the 12 per cent grade at some poinis on the road prevents trucking during bad weather. ‘Supervisor Coughlan hopes to have the grade reduced to 8 per cent. The highway committee urged upon the federal government the construction of Route 46 between Happy Camp and Highway 99 in Siskiyou County in order to facilitate the transportation of strategic defense minerals from that area, The Gray Eagle Mine, where many Nevada City miners will be employed, is located near Happy Camp and the improving of the highway will facilitate travel by them. HAWAII DEFENSE WORK CALLS 92 COUNTY MINERS Ninety two Nevada County miners left Grass Valley for San Francisco today, where they will embark for Hawaii to be employed in national defense work, The men were signed up for the Hawaiian job during the past ten days at the United States Employment office in Grass Valley. It is estimated the number leaving today will bring the total of Nevada County miners working in Hawaii to approximately 400. ‘ In the group which left today were many Nevada Cityans, including Jas. (Cap) Davis, Thomas Hogan and Adrian Torpie. Sierra Buttes Show Spring Signs According to. the . Downieville ranger station weather records of rainfall this year is 11.48 inches under that recorded this date a year ago (January 21). Sierra Buttes, the highest peak in the Downieville district is showing more signs of spring than was shown the middel of January a year ago. The brush fields are not covered over with snow and brown rocks of the Buttes are poking their heads out as after a spring thatw. To date there has been a rainfall of 34.92 inches, leaving 25 in'ches to 60 inches is reached. committees and:xnow exactly what to do, and how to do‘it, in the event we should be raided. We doubt if the federal government will offer, or can offer very much . in’the way of protecton to. towns along the Sierra ‘foothills, It. behooves us, who live here, to get teady. It wont cost much, this preparation, but it -will’ be worth a good deal to us if we are ready to act and anything does happen. re-] ‘before the seasonal normal of close . Mail Delivered To Isolated Lookout Despite Weather Conditions The delivery of daily mail has been long accepted by the public as a routine matter but to Mr, and Mrs. Don MacGinnis, occupying an isolated aircraft warning station on the Bloomfield district of the Tahoe National . Forest, such service is a constant-source of wonder, state District Ranger Lewis today. Since last December, MacGinnis’ station has been snowbound, but every day, irrespective of the rain and snow, the MacGinnis have had their paper, magazines, supplies and mail delivered to their doorstep by Mail Carrier Harbor of North Bloomfield. The mail is carried as far as possible by Harbor in his car and then skied into Graniteville over the snow. Following the recent warm spell, most of the snow melted and with the exception of a few places, the route was passable. An appeal to Supervisor Jay Coughlan of North Columbia’ by ‘Harbor brought out the county road crew who plowed the road open thus making Harbor’s. task of adhering to the tradition, ‘‘the mail must go through”’ a great deal easier. The Mac Ginnises will long remember the thrill of the silent magical appearance of their mail at their door ‘step far out on an isolated snow bound peak. ‘For Happy Camp Fight Nevada. City men left here yesterday for.Happy Camp, Siskiyou County,‘ where they will be employed at the Gray Eagle Copper Mine, a property of the Empire-Star Mines, Ltd. ree The eight who left yesterday joined fellow workers who had previously been transferred to the Gray Eagle from the Murchie Mine here. Others will leave for: Happy Camp when salvaging operations now being carried on at the Murchie are completed. The majority of the men will be joined by their families after suitable accommodations can beobtainPRIORITIES ARE ASKED FOR GOLD MINING INDUSTRY The following joint resolution, introduced by Assemblyman Allen G. (Scoop) Thurman, was adopted by Assembly and Senate in the State Legislature prior to its adjournment: Assembly Joint Resolution No. 18 —Relative to memorializing the United States Government to. grant Priorities necessary to the continuéd operation of the gold mining industry. Whereas, The National emergency is calling upon the Nation to exert iL / Blue Tent Rancher Succumbs EUGENE BRINDEJON FUNERAL RITES WEDNESDAY —J Eugene Brindejon, 73, Blue Tent rancher, died today at the Wood Sanitarium on Grove Street. The funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Holmes Funeral Home here. Rev. Cedric Porter of the Bpiscopal Church will officiate. Burial’ will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery. Brindejon was born on Christmas Eve, 1868, at the Brindejon ranch in the Blue Tent district. on the ranch his entire life, operaiing the ranching und wood business with his brothers, Louis Brindejon and Paul Brindejon, both of whom survive. : The deceased was a member of the Nest of Owls Lodge. Besides his brothers niece, Mrs. Louise Myers of Nevada City. He lived: he leaves a. Hit Thee Where It Hurts . BUY BONDS! every effort toward adequately arming itself; and Whereas, This effort makes it necessary to give ‘certain industries priorities in the matter of securing needed materials over other industries; and Whereas, Some parts of the gold mining industry are finding it more and more difficult to secure proper priorities ratings; and Whereas, Many large districts in the State of California depend upon gold mining industry for much of the employment, taxes, and prosperity of said districts; and Whereas, While we are determined to win the war, we must likewise be determined to win the peace to fol!iow—and gold, and more gold, will be needed to rehabilitate this wartorn world upon the cessation of hostilities—gold therefore being vitally needed; now, therefore be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of. California, jointly, That the President and the Congress of the United States aze hereby respectfully urged to take such steps as will give the gold mining industry sufficient materials, and priorities th to, to permit its continued operation through the war emergency; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly is directed to send a copy of this resolution to_the President and Vice President of the Uni‘ted States, to each Senator and Member of the House of Representatives from California, in the Congress of the United States, and to the Office ‘of Production Management. Clyde Howe Willing To ‘Plead Guilty To Charge Of Second Degree Murder Superior Judge Arthur Coats of Sutter County this afternoon heard a motion for the reduction of the first degree murder charge against Clyde Howe, 52, Rough and Ready rancher, to second degree murder. Howe said he is willing to plead guilty to second degree murder. At the arraignment this morning Judge Coats postponed action, signfying he desired to determine whether under the law a compromise of such a nature can be made. Howe, accused of shooting Jean Richlin during a quarrel over title to or death struggle. Men are dying in your defense. Dying that America may be safe! Give our fighting men _ the guns, the planes, the tanks they need! -Bonds buy bombs. Every dime, every dollar you put into Defense Bonds and Stamps is a blow.at the enemy. -Hit then . where it hurts— buy bonds! Bonds cost as little as $18.75, up—. stamps as little as 10 cents up. ae trict, was represented in court by Harry McKee, who was appointed defendant’s counsel: by Superior Judge George L. Jones, PTA FATHERS NIGHT Mrs. L. G. Lageson, president of the Elementary School Parent Teachers Association, announced today Effective yesterday, mail schedule. national defense travel on the heretofore was delivered in the afternoon will in the future be delivered in the morning because of the change. Mail which formerly arrived here before 2 o'clock in the afternoon and was distributed that same day will not reach Nevada City until late in the eveAfternoon delivery-is not to be affected. Regular afternoon schedules and routine twill be followed. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge announced that the new setup brings. about a-.suspension of their ‘‘noon’’ schedule ‘to Colfax for connection with the Southern Pacific. Their present new afternoon schedule now effective is: Leave Nevada City at 3:30 p. m.; leave Grass Valley at 3:55 p. m.; arrive in Colfax at 4:45 p. m. for immediate Southern Pacific connection, This bus will leave Colfax for Nevada City and Grass Valley with passengers, mail, etc., at tag Ss Mail Schedule ChangeIn Nevada City Effective Nevada City had/a change in its. Similar changes were experienced in other cities throughout the United States. The change was instituted to speed up Postmaster Betty Martin West said the outside mail that o’clock arriving in Grass Valley at m. This new schedule causes an api 6 p. m. and Nevada City at 6:25 P. . 2 ? railroads. proximate four hours difference, The Narrow Gauge officials pointed out that their bus schedules <9 Auburn, with connections with the Pacific Greyhound ‘bus and Southern Pacific rail services, is in no way affected, the new change concerning the Colfax routine only. . Grocery Stores In County Now Have Uniform Closing Hour A uniform closing hour has been adopted by all grocery stores in the county at the suggestion of the Nevada Coun— ty Defense Council. In the future all grocery stores, including neighborhood stores, will close at 6 p. m. It was announced the closing will fawilitate blackouts and also reduce the use of electricity, which is said to be needed for national defense work. Ss : —~/ throughout the district of the believes that a report as to his might be in order. First let me state that I voted for every state guard bill which appeared on the floor of the lower house. Five times I voted aye on such bills. And in addition voted in favor of strictly home guard bill as well. : Second may I state that I received but three comunications relative to the state guard, one from the Board of Supervisors of El Dodaro County and another from the chamber of ‘commerce of the same county. Both of these communications were in the form of resolutions opposing the premature calling out of their local guard company to do guard duty elsewhere leaving their home county without state guard protection, We shall not go into detail as to the entire contents of the resolutions but we do agree largely with their contents and have felt all along that the calling out of the local guard units to do duty elsewhere was unwise and premature. A third communication from a citizen of Nevada County opposed a state guard. Many. guardsmen joined the state guard believing that it was being orAssemblyman Thurman Explains Position On State Guard Controversy: Although the daily press has informed the people © taken up during the recent special session of the state legislature, the writer, as your representative in the lower house, various matters of legislation stand on the state guard bill ganized for home defense duty and. that they ‘would only be called out of their home area in case of a real state emergency such as insurrection or invasion. We do not say that the guard program was misrepresented to these men but we did hear one Senator on the floor of that house, who is also a member of the guard, make su'ch a statement. To call busimess men, ranchers, ‘married men with families to support, away from their jobs to do guard duty in another county, which should have been able to take care of its own problem as to guard duty, was never the intention of the majority of the members of the state . legislature when they passed the original «act. That is the reason why the legislature placed certain restrictions in the new guard bill which was passed by both houses last Thursday afternoon. Senate Bill No. 36, the new guard bill) now permits an active state guard of 10,000 members of which 7,000 men can be on active duty at one time. And let me add here, that less than 2,000 guardsmen were on active duty when we were in session (Continued On Page Two) Another meeting of the Nevada City Defense Savings. Stamp Committee will ‘be held in the City Hall here Friday night, Chairman Charles Everhart presiding. ° The various committees were formed at hast Thursday night’s meeting. At Friday’s meeting, a definite program will be outlined, reservations for the Fathers Night banquet Wednesday night at 6 o’clock have’ been filled but all those who desire to see the entertainment program at 8 o’clock are welcome. The; The committee members are:. ~ School activities: Dr. J. R. Bell, chairman; Mrs. Elza Kilroy and Miss Blizabeth Luther. Defense Savings Committee: Will Meet Again Here Friday land in the Rough and Ready disz Chairman, J. C. Scheemer, Frank ~~ Leong and Charles Buliott. ee ‘Women’s organizations; Mrs, Marie Kemper, chairman, Mrs. L. G. Lageson, Mrs. Leland S. Smith, Mrs. Bth— el White and Mrs. Margaret Bos— worth. S Sie ee ee Men’s organizations: Charles’ E J. C. Scheemer, Fred C. and Frank Leong. Businessmen: Richard S. Worth, ter and ‘Father ees

The Nugget is delivered to your home twice a week for only 30 cents per 2 ada ‘4 bavi . “This paper gives you comp le . coverage of all local happenings. . If you want to read about your . . friends, your neighbors, read eat The Nugget. e 4 j month COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA at 16, No. 8. _ The County Seat Paper ~ NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Canta : MONDAY JANUARY 26 1942 acseaie SE . — rinlinedenmencty a. sicker @ ‘Eight Leave Here Thinking Out Loud By H. M. L. . Supervisor —y Nevada City can hold its head proudly. It has met the two recent: Red Cross drrves, one on the heels of the otner and the last one a whopper, and filled the quotas without stammerfing. The entire city along with Truckee had to be closely combed, but the people, and that is the important thing, responded .generously. The population of Nevada City is approximately 2,000 and the last quota was $2,000, but of this sum Truckee contributed $300 in round figures. If every community does as well throughout the land, the $50,000,000 national goal will be topped and something ‘to spare. We believe it willl be, for there are plenty of spots on the U. S. map where money is extremely, plentiful. The suecessful conclusion of the War Relief campaign, as the last Red Gross drive was named, is R. J. Bennetts and his well organized committee of earnest and willing workers. There .are other ways: of helping along “our side” in this world wide contest, ways that do not cost anything in the way of cash. There is the book campaign to supply young soldiers with good things to read. Every household, or almost every one has a book@or two lying about that everyone in the family has read. (Mrs, Iva Williamson, city librarian, is conducting a campaign to gather up all those tired, idle books and put them in the hands of soldiers and_ sailors. Those households that accumulate magazines may allso contribute the more recent issues to this same cause “Keep ’em reading,’ says Mrs. Williamson, and it’s a good slogan. Those who want to help this war along to victory, can take their books to the vacant store ‘building corner of Pine and Commercial ‘and ‘give those moribund volumnes a new lease of life. The place is open between 1:30 and 4:30 p. ™m. Another way of helping. for the women folks, and men if they can knit is to ask Mrs. McCraney for some yarn. In Scotland many an elderly man can knit, and we recall that a famous English admiral was good at knitting, So we include men in this invitation. These knitted sweaters for which the Red Cross provides the yarn, go to the underclothed and suffering peoples wherever the most need is the world over. Each one helps to build for the United States its reputation of Samaritanism. There is many a lad in the armed services who doesn’t get a letter in a ‘blue moon from anyone. They are the lonesome ones. It is very easy to get the names of any of these boys in the training camps who are hungry for a letter from their home towns or rural. districts. There’s a great movement afoot to “adopt” a soldier or sailor and write him regularly, send him a birthday present and make him feel that he’s got folks that take a real interest in him. A surprise package of cookies, or a pot of jam, can hearten a boy in ‘camp no end. It is needless to suggest, of course that all motorists, give a man in the uniform of his country’s armed forces, a lift whenever one is seen afoot on the highway. It goes without saying that is now the universal custom, While it does seem improbable that there will be any actual pomibing of Nevada County communities on the part of the enemy, it wont do.to. close our minds to the ‘possibility. There has been too much of it-cdn't-happen-here think-~ ing. We would think off hand that the Japanese, who are most likely to bomb this coast, would want to invest their bombs where the profits of destruction are highest, but one cannot account for the vagaries of the yellow temperament. They might wish to do business at strategic points inland, as far inland as here. So let us get as ready as is humanly possible. for that eventuality. That means that all us, each one of.us, should belong to one of the home defense world-wide Asks Funds For Road PROJECT TONIGHT TO BE CONSIDERED BY CHAMBER HERE Supervisor Jay Coughlan appeared before the highway committee of the Sacramento Valley Council State Chamber of Commerce in Sacramento Friday and asked that group for its support. in obtaining funds to work on the Spanish Mine Washington Junction road to allow the trucking the year round of barite, essential war mineral, from the Spanish . Mine. The request of Coughlan was tabled, according ‘to reports, and the supervisor was asked to make his request first to the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce which in turn would present it to. the Sacramenio Valley Council. It is probable Coughlan will appear before the local chamber tonight and there is no .-doubt’ the chamber here will approve the project. Barite ore had been trucked all summer from the Spanish Mine but the 12 per cent grade at some poinis on the road prevents trucking during bad weather. ‘Supervisor Coughlan hopes to have the grade reduced to 8 per cent. The highway committee urged upon the federal government the construction of Route 46 between Happy Camp and Highway 99 in Siskiyou County in order to facilitate the transportation of strategic defense minerals from that area, The Gray Eagle Mine, where many Nevada City miners will be employed, is located near Happy Camp and the improving of the highway will facilitate travel by them. HAWAII DEFENSE WORK CALLS 92 COUNTY MINERS Ninety two Nevada County miners left Grass Valley for San Francisco today, where they will embark for Hawaii to be employed in national defense work, The men were signed up for the Hawaiian job during the past ten days at the United States Employment office in Grass Valley. It is estimated the number leaving today will bring the total of Nevada County miners working in Hawaii to approximately 400. ‘ In the group which left today were many Nevada Cityans, including Jas. (Cap) Davis, Thomas Hogan and Adrian Torpie. Sierra Buttes Show Spring Signs According to. the . Downieville ranger station weather records of rainfall this year is 11.48 inches under that recorded this date a year ago (January 21). Sierra Buttes, the highest peak in the Downieville district is showing more signs of spring than was shown the middel of January a year ago. The brush fields are not covered over with snow and brown rocks of the Buttes are poking their heads out as after a spring thatw. To date there has been a rainfall of 34.92 inches, leaving 25 in'ches to 60 inches is reached. committees and:xnow exactly what to do, and how to do‘it, in the event we should be raided. We doubt if the federal government will offer, or can offer very much . in’the way of protecton to. towns along the Sierra ‘foothills, It. behooves us, who live here, to get teady. It wont cost much, this preparation, but it -will’ be worth a good deal to us if we are ready to act and anything does happen. re-] ‘before the seasonal normal of close . Mail Delivered To Isolated Lookout Despite Weather Conditions The delivery of daily mail has been long accepted by the public as a routine matter but to Mr, and Mrs. Don MacGinnis, occupying an isolated aircraft warning station on the Bloomfield district of the Tahoe National . Forest, such service is a constant-source of wonder, state District Ranger Lewis today. Since last December, MacGinnis’ station has been snowbound, but every day, irrespective of the rain and snow, the MacGinnis have had their paper, magazines, supplies and mail delivered to their doorstep by Mail Carrier Harbor of North Bloomfield. The mail is carried as far as possible by Harbor in his car and then skied into Graniteville over the snow. Following the recent warm spell, most of the snow melted and with the exception of a few places, the route was passable. An appeal to Supervisor Jay Coughlan of North Columbia’ by ‘Harbor brought out the county road crew who plowed the road open thus making Harbor’s. task of adhering to the tradition, ‘‘the mail must go through”’ a great deal easier. The Mac Ginnises will long remember the thrill of the silent magical appearance of their mail at their door ‘step far out on an isolated snow bound peak. ‘For Happy Camp Fight Nevada. City men left here yesterday for.Happy Camp, Siskiyou County,‘ where they will be employed at the Gray Eagle Copper Mine, a property of the Empire-Star Mines, Ltd. ree The eight who left yesterday joined fellow workers who had previously been transferred to the Gray Eagle from the Murchie Mine here. Others will leave for: Happy Camp when salvaging operations now being carried on at the Murchie are completed. The majority of the men will be joined by their families after suitable accommodations can beobtainPRIORITIES ARE ASKED FOR GOLD MINING INDUSTRY

The following joint resolution, introduced by Assemblyman Allen G. (Scoop) Thurman, was adopted by Assembly and Senate in the State Legislature prior to its adjournment: Assembly Joint Resolution No. 18 —Relative to memorializing the United States Government to. grant Priorities necessary to the continuéd operation of the gold mining industry. Whereas, The National emergency is calling upon the Nation to exert iL / Blue Tent Rancher Succumbs EUGENE BRINDEJON FUNERAL RITES WEDNESDAY —J Eugene Brindejon, 73, Blue Tent rancher, died today at the Wood Sanitarium on Grove Street. The funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Holmes Funeral Home here. Rev. Cedric Porter of the Bpiscopal Church will officiate. Burial’ will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery. Brindejon was born on Christmas Eve, 1868, at the Brindejon ranch in the Blue Tent district. on the ranch his entire life, operaiing the ranching und wood business with his brothers, Louis Brindejon and Paul Brindejon, both of whom survive. : The deceased was a member of the Nest of Owls Lodge. Besides his brothers niece, Mrs. Louise Myers of Nevada City. He lived: he leaves a. Hit Thee Where It Hurts .. BUY BONDS! every effort toward adequately arming itself; and Whereas, This effort makes it necessary to give ‘certain industries priorities in the matter of securing needed materials over other industries; and Whereas, Some parts of the gold mining industry are finding it more and more difficult to secure proper priorities ratings; and Whereas, Many large districts in the State of California depend upon gold mining industry for much of the employment, taxes, and prosperity of said districts; and Whereas, While we are determined to win the war, we must likewise be determined to win the peace to fol!iow—and gold, and more gold, will be needed to rehabilitate this wartorn world upon the cessation of hostilities—gold therefore being vitally needed; now, therefore be it Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of. California, jointly, That the President and the Congress of the United States aze hereby respectfully urged to take such steps as will give the gold mining industry sufficient materials, and priorities th to, to permit its continued operation through the war emergency; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly is directed to send a copy of this resolution to_the President and Vice President of the Uni‘ted States, to each Senator and Member of the House of Representatives from California, in the Congress of the United States, and to the Office ‘of Production Management. Clyde Howe Willing To ‘Plead Guilty To Charge Of Second Degree Murder Superior Judge Arthur Coats of Sutter County this afternoon heard a motion for the reduction of the first degree murder charge against Clyde Howe, 52, Rough and Ready rancher, to second degree murder. Howe said he is willing to plead guilty to second degree murder. At the arraignment this morning Judge Coats postponed action, signfying he desired to determine whether under the law a compromise of such a nature can be made. Howe, accused of shooting Jean Richlin during a quarrel over title to or death struggle. Men are dying in your defense. Dying that America may be safe! Give our fighting men _ the guns, the planes, the tanks they need! -Bonds buy bombs. Every dime, every dollar you put into Defense Bonds and Stamps is a blow.at the enemy. -Hit then . where it hurts— buy bonds! Bonds cost as little as $18.75, up—. stamps as little as 10 cents up. ae trict, was represented in court by Harry McKee, who was appointed defendant’s counsel: by Superior Judge George L. Jones, PTA FATHERS NIGHT Mrs. L. G. Lageson, president of the Elementary School Parent Teachers Association, announced today Effective yesterday, mail schedule. national defense travel on the heretofore was delivered in the afternoon will in the future be delivered in the morning because of the change. Mail which formerly arrived here before 2 o'clock in the afternoon and was distributed that same day will not reach Nevada City until late in the eveAfternoon delivery-is not to be affected. Regular afternoon schedules and routine twill be followed. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge announced that the new setup brings. about a-.suspension of their ‘‘noon’’ schedule ‘to Colfax for connection with the Southern Pacific. Their present new afternoon schedule now effective is: Leave Nevada City at 3:30 p. m.; leave Grass Valley at 3:55 p. m.; arrive in Colfax at 4:45 p. m. for immediate Southern Pacific connection, This bus will leave Colfax for Nevada City and Grass Valley with passengers, mail, etc., at tag Ss Mail Schedule ChangeIn Nevada City Effective Nevada City had/a change in its. Similar changes were experienced in other cities throughout the United States. The change was instituted to speed up Postmaster Betty Martin West said the outside mail that o’clock arriving in Grass Valley at m. This new schedule causes an api 6 p. m. and Nevada City at 6:25 P. . 2 ? railroads. proximate four hours difference, The Narrow Gauge officials pointed out that their bus schedules <9 Auburn, with connections with the Pacific Greyhound ‘bus and Southern Pacific rail services, is in no way affected, the new change concerning the Colfax routine only. . Grocery Stores In County Now Have Uniform Closing Hour A uniform closing hour has been adopted by all grocery stores in the county at the suggestion of the Nevada Coun— ty Defense Council. In the future all grocery stores, including neighborhood stores, will close at 6 p. m. It was announced the closing will fawilitate blackouts and also reduce the use of electricity, which is said to be needed for national defense work. Ss : —~/ throughout the district of the believes that a report as to his might be in order. First let me state that I voted for every state guard bill which appeared on the floor of the lower house. Five times I voted aye on such bills. And in addition voted in favor of strictly home guard bill as well. : Second may I state that I received but three comunications relative to the state guard, one from the Board of Supervisors of El Dodaro County and another from the chamber of ‘commerce of the same county. Both of these communications were in the form of resolutions opposing the premature calling out of their local guard company to do guard duty elsewhere leaving their home county without state guard protection, We shall not go into detail as to the entire contents of the resolutions but we do agree largely with their contents and have felt all along that the calling out of the local guard units to do duty elsewhere was unwise and premature. A third communication from a citizen of Nevada County opposed a state guard. Many. guardsmen joined the state guard believing that it was being orAssemblyman Thurman Explains Position On State Guard Controversy: Although the daily press has informed the people © taken up during the recent special session of the state legislature, the writer, as your representative in the lower house, various matters of legislation stand on the state guard bill ganized for home defense duty and. that they ‘would only be called out of their home area in case of a real state emergency such as insurrection or invasion. We do not say that the guard program was misrepresented to these men but we did hear one Senator on the floor of that house, who is also a member of the guard, make su'ch a statement. To call busimess men, ranchers, ‘married men with families to support, away from their jobs to do guard duty in another county, which should have been able to take care of its own problem as to guard duty, was never the intention of the majority of the members of the state . legislature when they passed the original «act. That is the reason why the legislature placed certain restrictions in the new guard bill which was passed by both houses last Thursday afternoon. Senate Bill No. 36, the new guard bill) now permits an active state guard of 10,000 members of which 7,000 men can be on active duty at one time. And let me add here, that less than 2,000 guardsmen were on active duty when we were in session (Continued On Page Two) Another meeting of the Nevada City Defense Savings. Stamp Committee will ‘be held in the City Hall here Friday night, Chairman Charles Everhart presiding. ° The various committees were formed at hast Thursday night’s meeting. At Friday’s meeting, a definite program will be outlined, reservations for the Fathers Night banquet Wednesday night at 6 o’clock have’ been filled but all those who desire to see the entertainment program at 8 o’clock are welcome. The; The committee members are:. ~ School activities: Dr. J. R. Bell, chairman; Mrs. Elza Kilroy and Miss Blizabeth Luther. Defense Savings Committee: Will Meet Again Here Friday land in the Rough and Ready disz Chairman, J. C. Scheemer, Frank ~~ Leong and Charles Buliott. ee ‘Women’s organizations; Mrs, Marie Kemper, chairman, Mrs. L. G. Lageson, Mrs. Leland S. Smith, Mrs. Bth— el White and Mrs. Margaret Bos— worth. S Sie ee ee Men’s organizations: Charles’ E J. C. Scheemer, Fred C. and Frank Leong. Businessmen: Richard S. Worth, ter and ‘Father ees